Final Beast by Buechner Frederick (23 results)

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Second Edition. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Slight yellowing on dust cover. Price tag on back. Appears unread.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Hardcover edition in very good condition. Dust cover has light creases, scuffs, bumps, and one small tear (less than 1/2 inch). Inside, the book is clean and free of marks. Binding is tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Octavo. Red paper boards with white cloth backstrip, pictorial dust jacket. Slightly cocked, some smudges on text block edges, previous owner name in ink on ffep, text block just starting to come away from casing at head of spine, edge wear on boards. Jacket has edge wear, creasing, rubbing and chipping, most notably at head/tail of spine. Now in protective mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket in good condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Tape fading on the boards. Minor stain on the edges. Text is clear of markings and notations. Binding is intact. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Dust jacket in very good condition. First edition, first printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. The binding is tight; the pages are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition; First Printing w/ full number line; Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Previous owner name present at front free end-page; Pages otherwise completely free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket in Very Good condition, w/ no significant flaws to disclose; Jacket now housed in protective mylar to ensure further preservation; An exceptional copy, fit for any collectors library; Stored and shipped in protective polybag; Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Sample pages for the first edition of *The Final Beast* featuring a three page excerpt from the first chapter. Single sheet folded to make four pages. Fine. The back cover lists the typesetter's printing details for the book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Nice Copy. No writing in the book - not even an owners name.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1982 Harper & Row hardcover - 1st printing of the 2nd edition - signe d by Buechner inside front cover - price clipped - some wear to edge of dust jacket (now in mylar cover) minor wear to cover at binding - some foxing to closed page edge - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - enjoy.

Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

hardcover. Condition: new.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First Edition. Very scarce first UK edition. Publisher's pale bluee cloth with silver spine lettering. Ownership inscription to front endpaper and very slight page edge foxing else fine. Trivial signs of shelf wear to clean, bright and unclipped dw.

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on the FFEP, 'To Thayer / with admiration + affection / - Fred / 23-Feb.65 / Exeter, N.H.' 12mo, black cloth, gilt spine lettering, purple topstain, brown endpapers. A bit thumbed, sound and unmarked otherwise; DJ tips rubbed with two short tears, some offsetting to interior along the spine and hinges; now wrapped in mylar. Written during his Exeter chaplaincy (from whence the book is inscribed), The Final Beast was Buechner's first novel post-ordination and deals more forthrightly with the problem of faith in the modern world. 'This is a story that skates with daring skill and exuberant speed over the thin ice of potential blasphemy, sentimentality, and violence to emerge finally on the firm, smooth surface of honest faith and uproarious laughter.' (Katherine Jackson, Harper's review.). Signed.

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Signed first edition of The Final Beast by Frederick Buechner. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [10], 276pp. Full black cloth, title in gilt on spine. Red topstain, yellow endpapers. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page, no additional printings listed. Solid text block, shallow bumps along spine and bottom edge, near fine. In the publisher's dust jacket, $4.50 retail price on front flap, shelf worn with small stains, with faint chips to spine head and tail. A very good example. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Peter Dzwonkoski with best wishes / Frederick Buechner / 11.iii.80." From the library of Peter Dzwonkoski, employee of bibliographer and archivist Donald Gallup at Yale's Beinecke Library. Signed.

Condition: Very Good. Publisher: Atheneum, NY., 1965. First Edition, First Printing. NEAR FINE hardcover book in VERY GOOD+ dust-jacket. Chipping at head and heel of spine. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.

Condition: Very Good. Publisher: Harper & Row, San Francisco, 1982. First Edition Thus, First Printing. FINE hardcover book in FINE- dust-jacket. A tiny little droplet on the rear inside flap, otherwise, "Pristine". Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.